BLOGS
Only in Utah
[Nov. 2023]
Removing a billboard is nearly impossible!
Only in Utah 2 - Nov'23 (pdf)
DownloadBLOGS
WEEDING OUT BILLBOARDS
[Oct. 2023]
With deep roots in the past, a modern-day billboard campaign in Orem targets advertisers.
Orem Area Billboard Campaign (pdf)
DownloadONLY IN UTAH
[Aug. 2023]
Only in Utah is the billboard industry given such a radically favorable and unlevel playing
field vs. other property owners, municipalities, and residents.
Only in Utah (pdf)
DownloadADDRESSING THE DIGITAL BILLBOARD ONSLAUGHT
[July 2023]
Sales of digital billboard ad space are soaring, but most cities and towns have not updated their digital sign ordinances.
Now is a good time to do it!
Dealing with the Digital Billboard Onslaught (pdf)
DownloadACT LOCALLY, THINK...CREATIVELY!
[May 2023]
Legacy Parkway is billboard-free thanks to some savvy local leaders who saw well in advance the threat of outdoor advertising on the new highway. Their collaboration and hard work to designate Legacy as a Scenic Byway was a creative forestalling of another billboard jungle on another Utah highway!
Billboard-Free Legacy Parkway (pdf)
DownloadFEDERAL COURTS UPHOLD LOCAL SIGN & BILLBOARD ORDINANCES
[Feb. 2023]
In January, a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit that claimed the City of Madison’s sign and billboard ordinances are unconstitutional. It's the second of two recent decisions that represent big victories for local rights and common sense!
Billboard Court Victories (pdf)
Downloadnews, features, letters
"Vermont’s billboard ban followed a winding road to passage" (July 2021)
Excellent backstory by Mark Bushnell/ VT Digger
https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/11/then-again-vermonts-billboard-ban-followed-a-winding-road-to-passage/
"Degrading who we are, one billboard at a time" (January 2023)
Guest opinion by Susan Dennen / The Sun Chronical (Attleboro, MA)
"Should Billboard Advertising Be Banned?" (BBC September 8, 2022)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62806697
Why are there so many billboards? (April 2022)
ABC 4 Digital Exclusive on Scenic Utah's work.
https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/why-are-there-so-many-billboards-in-utah/
St. George News on why our Photo Contest helps promote scenic preservation
City Weekly Photo Contest Blurb: "Airspace Ad Space"
https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/mansplaining-mayhem/Content?oid=18770291
City Weekly 'Urban Living' article about Scenic Utah
https://www.cityweekly.net/UrbanLiving/archives/2022/08/24/scenic-utah
"The Growing Global Movement to End Outdoor Advertising" (EqualTimes, January 2020)
https://www.equaltimes.org/the-growing-global-movement-to-end#.YxoJxXbMJPY
Great op-ed in The Deseret News: "Is it Time to Ban Billboards?"
(...Reagan Outdoor Advertising's reply) https://websites.godaddy.com/en-US/editor/e6e3f4e7-f682-48d5-a88c-32da94803112/84614643-05aa-457c-9496-ba83ebc4c434/edit/450f166e-d0e5-433d-8040-d42c77c2d78a/mutator/card/0
Utah governor signs billboard-friendly legislation
Editorial: Mayor Biskupski is conspicuously silent on Billboard bill https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/editorial-mayor-biskupski-conspicuously-silent-billboard-bill/
Cities say big-donor billboard firms push sneaky bill to allow bigger, lighted displays without local OK https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/02/19/cities-say-big-donor-billboard-firms-push-sneaky-bill-to-allow-bigger-lighted-displays-without-local-ok/
High Country News: Billboard corporations use money and influence to override your vote
Southern Utah town has starring role in dark-sky movement
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5133034&itype=CMSID
Orem restricts electronic billboards
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2058318&itype=CMSID
Ralph Becker Op-Ed: Billboard legislation represents the worst of Utah politics
Letter: Utah billboards are a form of visual junk
http://www.standard.net/Letters/2018/03/30/Utah-billboards-letter-Francis
Letter: Utah views obscured by politics and billboards
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3979237&itype=CMSID
Meet Ralph Becker: a public advocate for America the Beautiful
http://www.scenic.org/blog/263-meet-ralph-becker-a-public-advocate-for-america-the-beautiful
Lawmakers to consider 'Grand Boulevard' entrances to Salt Lake City from I-15
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=39824931
How outdoor advertising can deepen inequality
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200817-the-inequality-of-outdoor-advertising-exposure
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